Madder Root Decoction

Atractylodes and White Atractylodes Marvelous Efficacy Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.，For chronic deficiency of kidney qi, with qi rising upward and sinking downward, prolonged coldness in the navel and abdomen, and numbness and pain in the lower back; as well as for bladder hernia, abdominal masses causing oppression, rumbling in the small … Read more

Suo’s Sanhe Decoction (Triple-Dose Formula with Added Atractylodes)，*Outline of Medicine*, Volume 24.，Lower abdominal distension.

Five Immortals Decoction，*Elucidation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 3.，Audible wheezing due to phlegm in the chest and diaphragm, with blurred vision in both eyes.

Jiang Hou’s Secret Medicinal Wine，From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 5.，For beriberi, swelling and pain in the feet and knees, and pain in the hands and feet.

Diantu Decoction，*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.，One feels hungry and thirsty and craves food and drink; but as soon as food or drink enters the lower abdomen, one feels full and bloated, and relief comes only after a severe bout of diarrhea—whether in the morning or evening, occurring several times a day and night as … Read more

Ointment for Gangrene，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 276.，For foot sores.

Sanren Paste，*The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 27.，For smallpox with hard, compact stools where purgation is contraindicated.

Gaotang Pills，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.，For severe thirst and restlessness due to cold damage, with a sense of fullness and the feeling of impending death.

Family-Secret Scutellaria Decoction，From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.，For Shaoyang internal heat causing insomnia.

Ginseng-Enhanced Shenghua Decoction for Stopping Metrorrhagia，*Essentials of Prenatal and Postnatal Care*, Volume 3.，Postpartum pain with blood clots, fresh blood discharge, pallor and weakness, excessive sweating, or shortness of breath.

Vision-Restoring Powder，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 1.，For internal cataracts.

Earthly Achyranthes Powder，*Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 63.，For women and young girls with amenorrhea and heat in the palms, soles, and chest.

San’ao Decoction，*Commentary on Measles*, Volume 1.，External invasion by wind-cold; internal attack by measles toxin.

Decoction for Expelling External Pathogenic Factors，*Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 1.，For the initial stage of typhoid fever.

Formula for Treating Boil Erythema，*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.，For boils and carbuncles.

Chui Feng Powder，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 1 (New Formulas Added in the Baoqing Era).，Chronic headaches, whether unilateral or bilateral; long-standing deficiency of the liver, resulting in weakness of blood and qi; headaches caused by wind-toxin rising to the head; dizziness and blurred vision; restlessness, irritability, and fever; aching in all joints; mental confusion … Read more

Smilled Poria Dew，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，Poisonous sores caused by bayberries; stiffness and spasms of the tendons and bones.

Danggui Hebei Decoction，From *Chen Su’an’s Supplementary Explanations on Gynecology*, Volume 1.，For women with blood heat and qi stagnation, resulting in menstrual flow that fluctuates between heavy and light.

Lingying Powder，From *The Compendium of Life-Saving Principles*, Volume 2.，For pain in the chest and abdomen, and for women experiencing life-threatening pain due to blood and qi deficiency.

Luo Mian Dan，From *Pulse Causes and Treatment*, Volume 1.，Internal damage causing hemoptysis.

White Robe Pills，From *Hui Chun*, Volume 8.，For men, women, and children who have accidentally swallowed wheat awns, needle pricks, or copper coins; for fish bones or other foreign objects lodged in the throat; or for throat obstruction, swelling, and pain—all of which can lead to death within moments.

Dragon Gelatin，*Bu Ju Ji*, Upper Collection, Volume 14.，Hemoptysis in adults and children.

Stinking Kuo Powder，Quoted from Wang Yin Dongfang in Volume 7 of *Compendium of Traumatology*.，

Jingfang Gegeng Decoction，From *Lan Hou Dan Sha*.，For sore throat and measles occurring during mild, temperate seasons, with fever at onset.

Qinlian Shangqing Decoction，From *Medical Explorations* (Yixue Tanli Ji), Volume 4.，For headaches of either primary or secondary origin that are not caused by external pathogens but by the “charcoal qi” from smoke and fire, where the patient fears needles.